Ice hockey at the 1990 Goodwill Games explained

Country:United States
Dates:July 27 - August 5
Num Teams:8
Arenas:Tri-Cities Coliseum and Tacoma Dome
Cities:Kennewick and Tacoma
Type:ih
Winners:URS
Second:USA
Third:CAN
Fourth:SWE
Games:20

At the 1990 Goodwill Games, the Ice hockey events were held in Kennewick and Tacoma, Washington, United States between July and August 1990.

Prior to the first game played by the Soviet Union national ice hockey team, star player Sergei Fedorov defected and signed a five-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings. Soviet administrator Yuri Korolev insisted that his player was stolen by premeditated actions, rather than defecting on his own "under normal circumstances". He said that "having this happen on the eve of the goodwill games, is like a spoon of tar in a barrel of honey",[1] also stating that only players aged 28 and older are allowed by the Soviet government to join NHL teams.[2] With the Soviet Union crumbling, Fedorov was asked to join the team for the 1991 Canada Cup just one year after his defection, which he accepted to represent his country.[3]

Preliminary round

Group B

Consolation Round

5th Place Match

Playoff round

Gold medal game

Final ranking

4
5
6
7
8

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Soviet hockey official says Red Wings stole its player. Shook. Richard L.. July 24, 1990. UPI Archives. 2019-08-05.
  2. https://yandex.ru/archive/catalog/87e28d57-54f4-4640-b073-babd9794d370/1 Худой мир лучше доброй ссоры
  3. https://www.sport-express.ru/hockey/reviews/hokkey-kubok-kanady-1991-posledniy-turnir-sbornoy-sssr-kak-igrala-komanda-pri-trenere-viktore-tihonove-1837448/ Последний турнир сборной СССР. «Красная машина» Тихонова разваливалась вместе с великой страной (The last tournament of the USSR national team. Tichkonov's Red Machine was falling apart together with the great country)